Fair Work Act. Australia
Act 1973) of Australia (including its external Territories).
exemption certificate: see subsection 519(1).
extended notice of termination provisions: see subsection 759(3).
extended parental leave provisions: see subsection 744(3).
Fair Work Australia or FWA means the body established by section 575.
Fair Work Information Statement: see subsection 124(1).
Fair Work Inspector means:
(a) a person appointed as a Fair Work Inspector under section 700; or
(b) the Fair Work Ombudsman in his or her capacity as a Fair Work Inspector under section 701.
fair work instrument means:
(a) a modern award; or
(b) an enterprise agreement; or
(c) a workplace determination; or
(d) an FWA order.
Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.
first employer, in relation to a transfer of employment: see subsection 22(7).
fixed platform means an artificial island, installation or structure permanently attached to the sea-bed for the purpose of exploration for, or exploitation of, resources or for other economic purposes.
flexibility term:
(a) in relation to a modern award — see subsection 144(1); and
(b) in relation to an enterprise agreement — see subsection 202(1).
flight crew officer means a person who performs (whether with or without other duties) duties as a pilot, navigator or flight engineer of aircraft, and includes a person being trained for the performance of such duties.
franchise has the meaning given by the Corporations Act 2001.
Full Bench means a Full Bench of FWA constituted under section 618.
full rate of pay: see section 18.
FWA: see Fair Work Australia.
FWA Member means the President, a Deputy President, a Commissioner or a Minimum Wage Panel Member.
General Manager means the General Manager of FWA.
general protections court application: see subsection 370(2).
general protections FWA application: see subsection 727(2).
general State industrial law: see subsection 26(3).
genuinely agreed in relation to an enterprise agreement: see section 188.
genuine redundancy: see section 389.
good faith bargaining requirements: see section 228.
greenfields agreement: see subsection 172(4).
guaranteed period for a guarantee of annual earnings: see section 331.
guarantee of annual earnings: see subsection 330(1).
high income employee: see section 329.
high income threshold: see section 333.
ILO means the International Labour Organization.
immediate family of a national system employee means:
(a) a spouse, de facto partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee; or
(b) a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse or de facto partner of the employee.
independent advisor for a protected action ballot means the person (if any) specified in the protected action ballot order as the independent advisor for the ballot.
independent contractor is not confined to an individual.
individual flexibility arrangement:
(a) in relation to a modern award — see subsection 144(1); and
(b) in relation to an enterprise agreement — see paragraph 202(1)(a).
industrial action: see section 19.
industrial action related workplace determination: see subsection 266(1).
industrial association means:
(a) an association of employees or independent contractors, or both, or an association of employers, that is registered or recognised as such an association (however described) under a workplace law; or
(b) an association of employees, or independent contractors, or both (whether formed formally or informally), a purpose of which is the protection and promotion of their interests in matters concerning their employment, or their interests as independent contractors (as the case may be); or
(c) an association of employers a principal purpose of which is the protection and promotion of their interests in matters concerning employment and/or independent contractors;
and includes:
(d) a branch of such an association;and
(e) an organisation; and
(f) a branch of an organisation.
industrial body means:
(a) FWA; or
(b) a court or commission (however described) performing or exercising, under an industrial law, functions and powers corresponding to those conferred on FWA by this Act; or
(c) a court or commission (however described) performing or exercising, under a workplace law, functions and powers corresponding to those conferred on FWA by the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009.
industrial law means:
(a) this Act; or
(b) the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009; or
(c) a law of the Commonwealth, however designated, that regulates the relationships between employers and employees;or
(d) a State or Territory industrial law.
industry-specific redundancy scheme means redundancy or termination payment arrangements in a modern award that are described in the award as an industry-specific redundancy scheme.
inspector means a Fair Work Inspector.
involved in: see section 550.
irregularity, in relation to the conduct of a protected action ballot: see subsection 458(6).
junior employee means a national system employee who is under 21.
jury service pay: see subsection 111(6).
jury service summons: see subsection 111(7).
lawyer means a person who is admitted to the legal profession by a Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
lock out: see subsection 19(3).
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